Keeping Dates with BusySync and MobileMe
Over the last year I have been running BusySync to keep my wife’s (Mandy) calendar and my calendar in sync.
It has been working really well. During this time my wife has been using an iMac at our home while I have been using a Mac Book Pro from where ever I happen to be.
Using this method syncing only takes place when both machines are logged in at home on the same network.
Recently I also started using a Mac Pro at home. I now wanted to keep three machines in sync. As the Mac Pro is basically now my main machine with the Mac Book Pro only being used when I am out of the house I decided to reconfigure our calendar syncing so it used BusySync between the iMac and the Mac Pro. As these are in the same house on the same network and almost always on syncing is now very quick.
To keep the Mac Book Pro in sync I have opened a MobileMe account. I use this to sync the Mac Book Pro to the Mac Pro. In turn the Mac Pro will sync with the iMac.
This means if I am now away from home and my wife adds something to the calendar on her machine it will be on the Mac Pro within a few minutes , then as the Mac Pro keeps MobileMe up to date it should be on my Mac Book Pro within an hour.
Overall a pretty pleasing outcome.
As I have never had a .mac account or MobileMe account before I am now beginning to investigate the other syncing options available to keep my desktop and laptop in sync.
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